Abstract
Opinions of School Working Team on Evaluation and Improvements of Values Education Practises
Schools have significant responsibilities for students to gain values education.
Therefore, this research was done for evaluating the values education in secondary
schools and improving the values education by the comments of the school study team. It is
a qualitative research and a case study. The participants of this research are 9 secondary
school teachers who are members of values education team in 2015-2016 education year.
Criterion sampling method was used to identify the study group. In this research, semistructured
interview technique was used which is one of the qualitative research methods.
Content analysis was used for data analysis. This research is very important because it
reflects the processes of education values to all the society members, such as; students,
teachers, school administrators and student’s parents. According to the research it is
found out that, the different activities prepared for values education should be applied in
a common program. Most of the participants stated that the values education activities
in schools are inadequate. It is also found that the main reasons which affect the values
education negatively are; unrelated families, intensive curriculum at schools, media
and technological improvements. It is attained by this research that the main reasons
which affect the values education positively are field trips, good guidance, TV-theatrecinema
activities, family education and parents visits.It is concluded that the participants
think that different methods and techniques can be effective for internalization of values
education.
Keywords
Values Education, Values Education Practises, Values Education at Schools, Positive and Negative Fac
